After the event, people at the evergreen state college found them selves trapped. People attempted to traverse the fog. people who walked in would disappear or walk back out of the fog questioning how they got turned around. People who attempted to drive in rapidly found themselves crashing into trees or ditches leading them to walk back to evergreen. People found little use for their cars except for the fuel and parts. All available gas was taken and stockpiled to run the generators. Other than walking, bikes became an important form of transportation around campus. With the new importance of biking to connect the community the rebirth of the evergreen bike shop was inevitable.
In Olympia proper the city had to face similar challenges. Cars became targets for fuel, same with the boats in the harbor. Some lucky people could still get around olympia in their cars with the remaining fule they had. Bikes became more important. Due to the size of Olympia and its community being scattered, transportation resources were not as organized as the college. The city transit system has historically continued running whenever it can through storms or earthquakes and saw this event as no different. Within days City transit quickly adjusted their routes to work in the confines of the fog and reduced their schedules to conserve fuel. The busses ran as efficiently as they can connecting the scattered community of olympia together. The buses quickly became more important than they had before, allowing for people to get to resources across town and connect with each other. City transit did have fuel reserved before the disaster but knows that they can’t continue without replenishment forever. Small parts of the community have been scavenging fuel for the buses but its still burns faster than they receive it.